TORONTO -- Dodgers manager Dave Roberts will consider using Shohei Ohtani as an opener or even as an outfielder in Game 7 if Los Angeles forces the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays to the limit.
The two-way star threw 93 pitches in Wednesday's 6-2 loss in Game 4 and could be available as a reliever this weekend in Toronto.
However, if Ohtani enters as a reliever after starting the game as a designated hitter, the Dodgers will lose their DH.If he enters as a reliever after starting as a DH, he will need to play a position to remain in the game once his mound appearance is over.
Ohtani can stay in the game as a DH if he also is the starting pitcher.
"I think we would consider everything," Roberts said Thursday, a day ahead of Game 6. "It's more of just kind of doing wha

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